Joel Buckingham (1839 - 1863)

Born 11 Jul 1839 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 May 1863 at age 23 in Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, United States

Biography

Private Joel BUCKINGHAM ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} was born ^[7][8][9] 11 Jul 1839 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States. He died ^[10][11] 3 May 1863 in Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, United States and was buried ^[12][13][14] in Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 157. . http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/157.html.
2. ↑ Compiled by Authority of the General Assembly Under Direction of the Adjutants-General, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1889.), p. 710. "Twentieth Regiment Infantry Company H ... Privates: Buckingham, Joel Residence: Oxford Date of Enlistment: Aug. 25, '62 Date of muster in this organization: Sep. 8, '62 Remarks: Killed May 3, '63, Chancellorsville, Va."
3. ↑ Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 515. "The War of the Rebellion ... Soldiers Furnished by the Town of Oxford ..."
4. ↑ 1850 Oxford Census.
5. ↑ 1860 Oxford Census.
6. ↑ Rev. F. W. Chapman, The Buckingham Family; or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1872), p. 71.
7. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 58. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/058.html.
8. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F741-BXX : accessed 11 May 2016), Joel Buckingham, 17 Jul 1839; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
9. ↑ Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 31. "b. July 17, 1839."
10. ↑ American Legion Cemetery List - 2003 (David S. Miles Post 174, American Legion, Oxford, Conn., 2003). . http://www.our-oxford.info/vets-graves/file0014.html.
11. ↑ Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, p. 61. "Buckingham, Nathan L., died Apr. 6, 1842, age 50 yrs. Buckingham, Clarissa Wooster, wife of Nathan L., died Feb. 25, 1862, age 64 yrs. Buckingham, Joel, lost in battle at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, age 23 yrs. (Co. H. 20th Regm't. C.V.) Civil War (Marker)." http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan61.html.
12. ↑ Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, p. 61. http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan61.html.
13. ↑ American Legion Cemetery List - 2003. http://www.our-oxford.info/vets-graves/file0004.html.
14. ↑ Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem4513.html.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBH-TYN : accessed 11 May 2016), Joel Buckingham, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 336, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 28; FHL microfilm 3,021.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVJ-G2B3 : accessed 11 May 2016), Joel Buckingham, 1863; Burial, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Jack's Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 20446884, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Greg Rose for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Greg and others. Joel and Gregory are fourth cousins five times removed.